S-Video In programs required?

I'm looking to run console games on my laptop screen as I will be moving to Japan in a couple of months and I don't really want to buy a widescreen television when I'm there. I have an S-Video input but I don't know if I need software to show the video? If so, what programs would I need?

Google doesn't seem to help as many laptop owners don't really have an S-Video Input.. so I'll try my luck here. It has worked in the past, so why not now.

 

how do you have s vid input

 

What model laptop do you have that has an S-video input? If it truly is, then your laptop manufacturer should have a driver for it.

 

As others have alluded to but did not actually come out and say it, you probably have an SVideo output, in which case you cannot use it for what you are trying to do. You may be able to get the effect you want by using a TV tuner card/USB stick, but you'll have to check it has the correct inputs. I think most of them just have an antenna/coax input.

 

i think most tuner sticks have s-video input. HOWEVER most sticks would have so much lag that you can't play video games on it. adaptec used to have a stick made specifically for gaming (i.e. very little lag), but it's now discontinued. there might be other ones out there.

 

I have an AW m9750 so I have both S-Video in and out. I should have posted this at the AW forum, I suppose. I also purchased this without a tv tuner. Just trying to get an answer since most people really don't have an S-video Input and maybe you guys knew about it.

 

What is your OS?
In Windows Media Center there was a TV Signal Setup Wizard. You can have an S-video input working if you tell the wizard you are setting up a satellite reciver. Note that for some reason Windows will ask for an IR remote connected to the computer for this to work.

On Vista Premium, click Start > All Programs > Windows Media Center
My guess is that you can tell Windows the same thing as before, and you may still need the IR remote.
The IR remotes go for about 8-15 bucks on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/Vista-XP-Media-...ryZ51086QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I guess you can try it out if you have any of those OS, the only thing I'm concerned about is that the games may lag. Return or resell the remote if it doesn't work out.

In XP non media center editions, or on Vista Basic I have no idea.

 

No offense, but Media center is DEFINITELY not the solution. The reason being the way media center works. In MC you can rewind Live TV because it goes through a buffer and is then store on the harddisk (temporary). This buffer is the problem, when you play console games the buffer makes the game "lag" behind on your screen. You can see the buffer in action when you watch the show on a TV vs. MC on your laptop; the same content would be on TV 2-5 seconds faster than the MC on your laptop. It is still possible to hook up console to laptop screen but it needs other TV tuner cards, and must be compatible with other 3rd party (drivers?)softwares such as Dscaler which doesn't have the buffer like MC does.

 

lol I edited my post while you were writing this, and mentioned lag. I guess this only confirms it....

 

oops, I probably were careless as well and didn't see the edit.